No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries in January 2013

marie2

In:
Philosophy candy cane shower gel...couldn't resist it at 75% off
Sample of Origins make a difference moisturiser

UU:
1 Clarins genlte foaming cleanser with cottonseed (5ml sample) - WBA full size in use now.

2 Clarins gentle foaming cleanser with shea (5ml sample) - this should be for dry skin, mine is combination but a nice product.

3 Johnsons daily essentials face wash - WNBA

4 Elemis herbal lavender repair mask (3ml sachel) - WBA

5 Dove soap - WBA

6 L'Occitane verbena liquid soap 500ml - WBA

7 Toni & Guy model me helena shampoo - WNBA

8 TBS almond oil hand rescue treatment - WBA lovely rich cream

9 REN vetiver hand and body cream (15ml sample) - WNBA like most of you I really disliked this.

10&11 Marc Jacobs Dot perfume samples - WBA have bought full size and will be put into use once I've uu my last sample vial.

12 Johnsons daily essentials face cream (1.5ml sachet) - WNBA

13 Clarins mutiactive night cream (sample sachet) - WMBA have used this in the recent past.

Most WBA products are in theory only, as I have these products or alternatives in stock.

emslovesmickey

UU a Body shop roll on deodorant.

Ohgosh

I x JPG Body Lotion UU
Boots cleanser and toner UU
:j

VALM

seasideDreamer wrote: »

A last minute Free IN:) L'Occitane cherry blossom hand cream from the FB page reach 750000 likes thing:T

Hi I had some last minute INs care of L'occitane too yesterday.

For some reason L'occitane sent me two of the vouchers for hand cream so I gave MrM one to cash in. I wouldn't have done this if we weren't buying something as well so with the 15% off code I also bought an eco bag of Verbena liquid soap and MrM's Cade Aftershave Balm. This was not strictly necessary as he still has a fair bit of this left but as the prices are apparently going up today I got it whilst I had the discount. Because I spent over £15.00 they gave me another tube of handcream free as well so I came away with three of them (2 x shea and 1 x lavender).

I also replaced my Benefit Lemon Aid last night at Boots in the Trafford Centre. There was only one left on the shelf as well!

So my INs and OUTs for Jan are:-

INS:-

BATISTE 300ml, Cutex Nail Polish Remover 200ML, CLAIROL ROOT TOP UP, OPI STAY ALL NIGHT LACQUER, PHILOSOPHY CHRISTMAS COOKIE SHOWER GEL, L'OCCITANE HAND CREAM 30ML X 3
L'OCCITANE LIQUID SOAP ECO BAG, L'OCCITANE CADE AFTER SHAVE BALM, BENEFIT LEMON AID

TOTAL SPENT: £69.96

Not great but out of all those the ones the only ones that were strictly unnecessary were the nail lacquer (this is a moot point as I'll probably always treat myself to a new lacquer each month!) and the Philosophy shower gel.

The other items were needed to replace products that we use and didn't have any in stash and in the case of the L'occitane products were worth getting for the discount.

OUTS:-

BATISTE 150ML (replaced above), LG I-CARE PENCIL (TA), ELEMIS PRO RADIANCE CLEANSER 30ML (replaced from stash), CLAIROL ROOT TOP UP, ELEMIS OIL 50ML, LE HANDWASH (replaced from stash), Mark Hill conditioner (replaced from stash), LE Nourishing body ceam 200ml, Boots Extracts body butter 50ml (both replaced from stash), Cutex nail polish remover (replaced above) Superdrug Vitamin E eye cream (replaced from stash) 200ml HOLLAND AND BARRETT ALOE VERA GEL.

Saved in pot for all UUS: £17.00 (including £5.00 for resisted TSV).

So: 12 UUs and 11 INS. Not the best of months admittedly!

Will be back in Feb. It's my birthday on 14 Feb and I'm not expecting any toiletry INs. Nor do I think I need anything else so am going to try and go cold turkey!

Absinthe_Fairy

Your bunny sounds lovely, Rogueylawyer. I love rabbits but have never had a pet one

Must post my list of UUs and INs for January before I head over to Feb:

UUs
Lush Brazened Honey Face Mask - WBA, made my skin look really good
Philosophy Snow Angel Shower Gel - WNBA, nice but not worth the money IMO.
Philosophy Gingerbread Girl Shower Gel - " "
Philosophy Peppermint Bark Shower Gel - " "
Boots Strawberry Lipsalve - bought as emergency lip balm when I forgot to take mine out one day. WBA in an emergency but there are better lip balms out there.
Lush American Cream Conditioner - WBA, this stuff smells amazing.
V05 Miracle Mist - WBA, cheap and seemed to work.
Lush The Greeench - Maybe WBA, good as a deodorant powder when sitting around the house.
Lush Sandy Santa Sugar Scrub - WBA if it was still around, effective and smelled lovely.
Superdrug Essential Toner - Camomile - WBA, this was a bargain at 49p.
Boots Botanics Soothing Eye Makeup Remover - WNBA, way too greasy.
Lush Midnight Massage Massage Bar - WBA if it was still around, moisturising with a lovely scent.
Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel - I have some more at home
Lush Magic Wand Bubble Bar - Ditto
Lush Sexy Boy Massage Bar Sample - WNBA, I wouldn't have bought this anyway as I hate the smell but I was sent a sample in my Lush order and used it on my feet!

INs
Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub
I Love... Glistening Glow Shower Gel 100ml
I Love... Glistening Glow Body Lotion 100ml
I Love... Glistening Glow Body Butter 50ml
I Love... Winter Berries Body Butter 50ml
I Love... Cranberry Celebration Body Butter 50ml
I Love... Sparkling Snowflake Body Butter 50ml
Lush Tender is the Night Massage Bar
Lush From Dusk 'Til Dawn Massage Bar
Lush Willow Pattern Soap
Lush Let The Good Times Roll Cleanser
Lush Peace Massage Bar
Lush Superbalm Scalp Treatment
Lush Starcraft Cleanser
Lush Almond Kisses Moisturiser
Lush Sweet Japanese Girl Cleanser
Lush Lip Lime Lip Balm

Mostly limited edition Lush products, and a few Superdrug sale purchases

Oh well, could have been worse!

BTW, to whoever was asking about the longevity of Soap & Glory - I keep a bottle of Clean On Me and a tub of The Righteous Butter at my parents' house to save me taking toiletries up every time I go. They've been open for about two years and so far show no signs whatsoever of going off.

amhuk

Hi all, I am new to posting but would like to join as I have quite a few spare toiletries and have a problem buying shiny new ones when on offer in work, I work in a chemist and we always have promotions/sales and find it hard to resist.
I don't really know where to start and any help will be gratefully accepted, I wanted to subscribe to this thread but am unsure as to how to go about it, hopefully you won't mind me jumping on board

seasideDreamer

Welcome, you are best off going to the new thread for February (link is on previous page of this thread).

To subscribe go up to the green tool bar, click thread tools and subscribe and choose your notification options:)

moneyless_mac

Last outs and ins of January then off to new thread to declare there.

so the outs
138/139 2 boxes of tampons
140 Ren clearcalm serum mini WMBA this was Ok and didnt aggravate my skin but didnt improve it greatly either may try again in the future.
141 Aveda smooth infusion condition mini wnba didnt do anything for my hair if anything left it frizzy.
142 sachet of lacura dry skin cream - came as part of a sample pack from their range I used this on my feet as it didnt smell very nice WNBA.
143 ebay sale

and the ins
83/84/85/86 Essie cube of 4 mini polishes
87-94 8 x 5ml Murad intensive resurfacing peel
95 -104 2 xMurad celebrate you balancing skin gift sets each contained 5 items
105/106/107/108 opi liquid sand mini polishes
109/110 free sample sachets of dermologica special cleansing gel.


Not a great month but ending the month -33

Sue14

1 UU of a handwash, not bought anything apart from hairspray, as I ran out of it. Took my dad shopping the other day, he wanted some body spray, and it was hellish trying to resist buying any toiletries for myself, lol, I had to keep thinking 'I don't NEED anything!'.